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PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (AIRCRAFT)

Air National Guard Units · Department of the Air Force · Lincoln, Nebraska

💵 $50,460–$80,243 per year⏳ Closes Nov 2, 2026
Federal agencyGS-07
At a glance

A job with Air National Guard Units in Lincoln, Nebraska. It pays $50,460–$80,243 per year at grade GS-07. Applications close on Nov 2, 2026 — 1 day left.

Working pattern
On site
Who can apply
Internal to an agency
Clearance
Secret

Main duties

  • As a PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (AIRCRAFT), GS-1152-7/9, duties include: 1.
  • Implements preliminary (advance) maintenance plans for assigned weapon systems and schedules immediate maintenance for transient aircraft.
  • Designates, maintains and monitors current maintenance repair priorities of aircraft to ensure actuality and compliance with flying schedules.
  • Authorizes and assigns aircraft maintenance jobs, job control numbers ei ther manually or through a computerized maintenance system, work priorities, and start and completion times f or scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of aircraft.
The original posting

Full details

About the role

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (AIRCRAFT), Position Description Number D0749000 and is part of the NE 155 MXS, National Guard. CONCURRENT WITH AGR-AF-26-039

What you will do

  • As a PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (AIRCRAFT), GS-1152-7/9, duties include: 1.
  • Implements preliminary (advance) maintenance plans for assigned weapon systems and schedules immediate maintenance for transient aircraft.
  • Designates, maintains and monitors current maintenance repair priorities of aircraft to ensure actuality and compliance with flying schedules.
  • Authorizes and assigns aircraft maintenance jobs, job control numbers ei ther manually or through a computerized maintenance system, work priorities, and start and completion times f or scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of aircraft.
  • Conducts the control and dispatch of shop assignments.
  • Monitors progress of job completion by dispatched personnel.
  • Controls maintenance on assigned aircraft and related support and training equipment.
  • Takes prompt and decisive action to make on- the-spot adjustments to maintenance repair priorities necessitated by unscheduled maintenance requirements, and incorporates all unscheduled maintenance into a daily plan.
  • Maintains visual aids depicting status of maintenance actions in progress, special ist availability and status of aerospace vehicles, aerospace ground equipment (AGE), training equipment, transportation and tow vehicles, munitions loads, arming of guns and munitions, and location of aircraft and dispatched AGE.
  • Maintains a visual schedule of daily flying, noting deviations and cancellations.
  • Coordinates with Materiel Control on mission capable (MICAP) and non-mission capable status (NMCS) of parts, adjustments to in-shop work priorities, and verification of urgency of need designators.
  • Determines the source of supply for cannibalization actions.
  • Coordinates with Quality Assurance on functional check flight (FCF) requirements, Air Operations on flying schedule, other maintenance shops for coordination of repair work and with other functional areas as required.
  • Requests necessary support services such as fire fighting activity standby, fuel and defuel and civil engineer support.
  • Directs physical movement of aircraft and aerospace ground equipment.
  • Controls the maintenance communications and transportation systems to provide for the effective transmission of information and movement of material and maintenance personnel.
  • Develops and maintains current procedural check sheets for use during actions such as mass loads combat turnaround, broken arrow (nuclear emergency), emergency notification, aircraft crash, flightl1ne fire, severe weather warning evacuation.
  • Monitors and revises the sequence of preselected aircraft required for contingency commitments.
  • Makes required inputs to the automated data system and retrieves data and/or computer generated products as required.
  • Conducts training of assigned military personnel.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. Your answers to the assessment questionnaire will be verified against information provided in your resume and other supporting documentation.

Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all the questions addressing experience and education relevant to this position. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific, we will not make assumptions regarding your experience.

If, after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experiences, your rating will be adjusted or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. Your qualifications will be evaluated against general and specialized experience under the "Qualifications" section.

Documents you must provide

  • To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1.
  • Your resume showing: Contact Information-your name and the best way to contact you.
  • Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualifications of the job.
  • Federal jobs should include series and grade.
  • Education, certifications or licensures.
  • Other supporting documents (optional) Cover Letter DD-214 SF-50

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted; you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Qualified candidates will be referred to the selecting official in the following order: 1. Fully qualified Area 1 applicants CONCURRENT WITH AGR-AF-26-039

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (***). Individuals with military incentive bonuses may be subject to recoupment.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: - your performance and conduct; - the needs and interests of the agency; - whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and - whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

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